Singer-songwriter Matt White’s voice is so damn angelic that he could easily double as God’s personal troubadour. The 28-year-old classically trained musician sounds like a cross between two of his inspirations: John Mayer — to whom comparisons are also unavoidable — and Jeff Buckley. And Matt, who grew up in a family of musicians in north New Jersey, actually saw the late artist perform live back in the day.<br /><br />A guy who writes loves songs, sings like a meadowlark and has seen Jeff Buckley in concert? Paint us intrigued. And then it turns out he also looks like James Dean reincarnated.<br /><br />Yet even raw talent and — let’s be real here, total hotness — don’t usually score one a record deal overnight. Not unlike Jeff Buckley himself, Matt did major time on the small-club circuit in New York City (in some of the same clubs Buckley toiled in), sometimes busking for bills in Washington Square Park. And he also logged serious hours online, garnering a rapt and eager fan base (both predominantly and unsurprisingly female) on MySpace.<br /><br />Eventually a winning combination of tenacity, good fortune, and the kind of writing chops that produce pitch-perfect alt-pop songs — the melodic, cinematic, heartfelt and honest types — and attract music supervisors for shows like One Tree Hill and The Hills (perhaps you’ve heard of this?) paid off. After landing a spot on Geffen’s roster, earning a place Rolling Stone’s “10 Artists to Watch” list, scoring a single on the Shrek the Third soundtrack, and logging well over 100 live shows in 2006 alone, Matt upgraded from playing subway stations to playing gigs for fans whose intended destinations are the bigger clubs he’s now headlining — not just the next stop on the A train. http://www.imeem.com/mattwhite Delta 0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Matt White http://www.imeem.com/mattwhite/video/6nkFA0_c/matt-white-love-broadcast-version-music-video/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:00:37 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/mattwhite/video/6nkFA0_c/matt-white-love-broadcast-version-music-video/"><img width="100" height="57" border="0" src="http://srv0204-07.sjc3.imeem.com/g/v/22da3d151ff7eb8d215aacc109dd3758_00010.jpg" title="Click to play this video"/></a></div> y2DVd00AaU Matt White http://www.imeem.com/mattwhite/video/7uLgeOMj/matt-white-peoples-choice-awards-contest-music-video/ Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:26:57 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/mattwhite/video/7uLgeOMj/matt-white-peoples-choice-awards-contest-music-video/"><img width="100" height="75" border="0" src="http://srv0204-04.sjc3.imeem.com/g/v/b12955158c07488776b273d76dbb7ea9_00010.jpg" title="Click to play this video"/></a></div> LH2KYSS9Mf Matt White Matt White Featured Playlist http://www.imeem.com/mattwhite/playlist/N9nanp5p/matt-white-featured-playlist-music-playlist/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:03:53 -0000 ReJSSt5bje Matt White http://www.imeem.com/mattwhite/music/RtD9OlRn/matt-white-ill-be-there/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:02:40 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/mattwhite/music/RtD9OlRn/matt-white-ill-be-there/"><img border="0" src="http://icons-p2.imeem.com/RtD9OlRn.jpg" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> L3Hb4ilg99 Matt White http://www.imeem.com/mattwhite/music/AU4v9Np-/matt-white-new-york-girls/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:02:38 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/mattwhite/music/AU4v9Np-/matt-white-new-york-girls/"><img border="0" src="http://icons-p3.imeem.com/AU4v9Np-.jpg" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> VJibfuvixZ Matt White http://www.imeem.com/mattwhite/music/59xwOWnx/matt-white-wait-for-love/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:02:38 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/mattwhite/music/59xwOWnx/matt-white-wait-for-love/"><img border="0" src="http://icons-p2.imeem.com/59xwOWnx.jpg" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> 6_9iLLdey9 Matt White http://www.imeem.com/mattwhite/music/WnkxPPnq/matt-white-best-days/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:02:36 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/mattwhite/music/WnkxPPnq/matt-white-best-days/"><img border="0" src="http://icons-p2.imeem.com/WnkxPPnq.jpg" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> xi6Lf8CVS0 Matt White http://www.imeem.com/mattwhite/music/D4tATatp/matt-white-love/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:02:34 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/mattwhite/music/D4tATatp/matt-white-love/"><img border="0" src="http://icons-p2.imeem.com/D4tATatp.jpg" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> yLQLJwzetC Matt White http://www.imeem.com/mattwhite/video/6sLwTcdu/matt-white-love-valentines-day-imeem-tribute-music-video/ Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:03:53 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/mattwhite/video/6sLwTcdu/matt-white-love-valentines-day-imeem-tribute-music-video/"><img width="100" height="75" border="0" src="http://srv0204-01.sjc3.imeem.com/g/v/73e7c9d551bf6a2b58c225f385b19933_00010.jpg" title="Click to play this video"/></a></div> 4MyD33tkC8